I’m 54 and like the idea of looking good but never seem to quite get it right. My friend who I’m meeting is tallish and regular shaped and will wear something from Shein e.g an all in one jumpsuit, and look great. She certainly won’t judge, but I’ll feel sartorially in her shadow.
I’ve had my colours done and am a true spring so suit warm colours like lime, coral, yellow and neutrals like some navys, warm browns, beiges and cream. I’ve stopped wearing black and grey. If you know about Kibbe body shapes, I’d say I’m closest to flamboyant or soft gamine - large head, hips and feet but small waist and small angular shoulders. I can bizarrely range from size 6 to size 14 but generally I wear size 8 tops and size 10 trousers. I am 5ft 3, short waisted, barrel chested (and have only one boob due to mastectomy), have cankles and stout calves (so can’t benefit much from showing off my relatively longer legs. My upper half suits petite clothes but my lower half is just into regular, but not for all brands. I look better with slash necks or deep Vs. I prefer stretchier fabrics because of my bingo wings.
To play it safe on a night out, my go to outfit has been very dark skinny jeans and a ‘going out’ top with a black leather jacket and stiletto heels. I feel safe like this as these clothes aren’t wearing me. But I’m conscious that I’m an old fashioned cliche. I really want to do the all neutrals from Cos thing but everything in Cos wears me because of my height and shape. And, the zingy warm colours that I suit just aren’t in these sorts of shops, certainly not in autumn.
So - I would love if someone could help me look up to date and sophisticated in a night out with a friend, with all of the above going on.
Thanks for reading.